Written on September 22, 2009
I’m at a loss for blog words today. Don’t worry… I have plenty to say – just may not be appropriate to put here. It’s been one of “those weeks” already. Oh well… it will get better. It just has to.
So in lieu of this… and because I haven’t put a lot of my writings up here yet, here’s a short poem I did a while back. Enjoy…
Searching
Searching for meaning
Searching for words
Searching for adventures
Searching for more…
Looking for life
Looking for love
Looking for laugher
Looking for more…
Listening for truth
Listening for lies
Listening for answers
Listening for more…
Finding my meaning
Finding my life
Finding my truth
Finding so much more
than I could ask for.
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Written on September 21, 2009
I can’t believe I forgot this the other day… but I have an announcement to make about the Lose for Good campaign that Weight Watcher’s is doing.
First – a little about what Lose for Good is all about… in case you don’t know. Weight Watchers is teaming up with Share our Strength & Action Against Hunger and committed to donate the equivalent of what the member’s lose (up to a million pounds of food). How Awesome is that. Well… in addition, the local Weight Watcher’s centers are teaming up with local food pantries and encouraging their members (if they are able to) also donate food equivalent to what they lose during the campaign.
I love this campaign and am so glad that Weight Watcher’s is doing it. Not only are they teaching people to live a more healthy lifestyle, but they are encouraging us to look outside ourselves to help our neighbors that are hungry.
Which brings me to what I am doing… after a lot of consideration, I have decided during the last week of the campaign to donate 160 pounds of food to my center. Yes, 160… the total amount that I have lost. I have been truly blessed by what Weight Watchers has done in my life… as well as the fact that God has blessed me in many other ways. I feel that this is only a small way for me to give back and try to make a difference in my community as well.
Will you consider donating food equal what you have lost during this 7 week campaign… or maybe even your total losses???
Written on September 20, 2009
My church is offering 2 classes this fall that I wanted to participate in… 2!! I hate to say it, but in the past I have found that many times there aren’t any classes that I want to do… so YAY!!!
As many of you all know, I have a great respect for Beth Moore and the calling that God has placed on her to write and lead studies through His Word. I have done one study and read part of one book (still working on it…) and love what I have been shown about the Word as well as what I need to change in my own life.
So this fall, I’m participating in the study of Esther as well as a church-wide challenge of reading the Bible in 90 days.
I have to say… I am SO excited to hear what God is going to tell & show me through all of this – and what my next steps might be in the coming months, years and beyond. As I’ve said before, he has blessed me beyond anything that I can even comprehend… and that was during times when I wasn’t even in His Word very much or often. (<--- Ashamed to say that, but it's true!!)
I am just so thankful that he is now blessing me with these opportunities… and look forward to what more I will learn.
Written on September 19, 2009
On Thursday, I was so close to being back at goal… and then I splurged on some items. Not really that bad all in all, but not as good as I could have done overall.
Friday morning, I wasn’t feeling great – so I stopped at Walgreens to get some cough drops. (Although miraculously, my sore throat and stuffy-ness disappeared by the time I got to work.) Anyway, I really should know better than to go to Walgreens. I can’t walk out of there without candy in my hand. Especially candy that’s on sale. And then I got to work & remembered I had Wheat Thins. So my diet on Friday pretty much consisted of not-so-great carbs. Goodie. Not to mention that I got nowhere NEAR the amount of water I should be drinking… so I am probably retaining water from all the salt that has been consumed. Not to mention that the tracking didn’t happen either.
So in two days, I have left the Weight Watchers plan. Really… I flat out left it in the dust. I don’t know the damage done, and today I am working to correct it. Well, I guess you could say that I really started it last night because I felt so guilty about the crap I ate during the day, I went and did my strength training workout and then elliptical for a while.
Today I am starting out my day with a 4-5 mile walk… then GroupKick at my gym… followed by a vigorous cleaning of the rest of the house (I did do some of it last night). Overall, I have set today aside to get 20,000 steps on my pedometer (of which I am nearing the 2 million steps mark for the year!) and to work through some of the damage done.
I’m hoping that with these workouts today… plus strength training & walking (or running) tomorrow… I can work through this damage & get back to where I should be by the time I meet my trainer for our last “summer” session on Tuesday.
Then I’m on my own for a week & a half until my birthday…
